2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,075 398 8.0 7.0- 9.1 3,677 92.0 90.9-93.0
GENDER
Male 1,798 163 6.6 5.4- 8.0 1,635 93.4 92.0-94.6
Female 2,277 235 9.3 7.7-11.0 2,042 90.7 89.0-92.3
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,429 313 11.0 9.5-12.6 2,116 89.0 87.4-90.5
Non-Hispanic Black 698 41 4.9 3.1- 7.5 657 95.1 92.5-96.9
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 346 27 4.4 1.4-12.8 319 95.6 87.2-98.6
Non-Hispanic Other 165 *** *** *** 157 97.4 93.9-98.9
Hispanic 376 *** *** *** 369 98.7 97.1-99.4
AGE
18-34 814 *** *** *** 807 99.3 98.4-99.7
35-44 584 22 2.4 1.4- 4.1 562 97.6 95.9-98.6
45-54 624 29 4.6 3.0- 7.2 595 95.4 92.8-97.0
55-64 749 73 11.6 8.5-15.7 676 88.4 84.3-91.5
65-74 721 129 17.9 14.3-22.2 592 82.1 77.8-85.7
75+ 524 134 23.0 18.5-28.2 390 77.0 71.8-81.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 323 26 7.2 4.2-12.2 297 92.8 87.8-95.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 887 71 5.6 4.1- 7.6 816 94.4 92.4-95.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,125 111 9.2 7.3-11.6 1,014 90.8 88.4-92.7
College Graduate 1,718 189 9.1 7.5-10.8 1,529 90.9 89.2-92.5
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,310 181 12.1 9.9-14.7 1,129 87.9 85.3-90.1
No 2,629 206 6.2 5.2- 7.4 2,423 93.8 92.6-94.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 518 76 11.7 8.9-15.2 442 88.3 84.8-91.1
Non-Veteran 3,539 321 7.5 6.4- 8.7 3,218 92.5 91.3-93.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,170 104 4.1 3.2- 5.2 2,066 95.9 94.8-96.8
Unemployed 185 *** *** *** 175 96.4 91.9-98.5
Retired 1,139 235 20.1 17.1-23.6 904 79.9 76.4-82.9
Unable to Work 289 38 10.8 6.2-18.2 251 89.2 81.8-93.8
Other not in Labor Force 234 *** *** *** 229 97.8 93.5-99.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 206 19 5.5 3.1- 9.6 187 94.5 90.4-96.9
$15,000- 24,999 280 31 8.5 4.6-15.2 249 91.5 84.8-95.4
$25,000- 34,999 376 33 7.3 4.5-11.5 343 92.7 88.5-95.5
$35,000- 49,999 489 40 7.4 4.9-11.0 449 92.6 89.0-95.1
$50,000-74,999 545 57 7.8 5.5-11.1 488 92.2 88.9-94.5
$75,000-100,000 425 39 6.4 4.4- 9.3 386 93.6 90.7-95.6
$100,000-150,000 463 52 10.4 7.5-14.4 411 89.6 85.6-92.5
$150,000+ 417 43 8.7 5.9-12.7 374 91.3 87.3-94.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 874 84 8.1 6.0-10.8 790 91.9 89.2-94.0
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 68 *** *** *** 64 96.6 90.9-98.8
50% to 100% 309 26 7.2 3.9-12.9 283 92.8 87.1-96.1
101% to 150% 259 22 2.0 1.2- 3.6 237 98.0 96.4-98.8
151% to 200% 301 27 10.0 6.2-15.9 274 90.0 84.1-93.8
More than 200% 2,194 229 8.7 7.4-10.3 1,965 91.3 89.7-92.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 874 84 8.1 6.0-10.8 790 91.9 89.2-94.0
HOUSING
Own 2,671 320 9.8 8.5-11.3 2,351 90.2 88.7-91.5
Rent 1,083 55 3.7 2.4- 5.7 1,028 96.3 94.3-97.6
Other arrangement 275 20 5.1 2.8- 9.1 255 94.9 90.9-97.2
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,251 99 6.3 4.9- 8.1 1,152 93.7 91.9-95.1
Regional City or Suburban County 1,013 108 8.7 6.9-11.0 905 91.3 89.0-93.1
Rural 1,811 191 9.0 7.3-11.0 1,620 91.0 89.0-92.7
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,311 125 8.8 6.7-11.5 1,186 91.2 88.5-93.3
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,146 116 8.2 6.5-10.3 1,030 91.8 89.7-93.5
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,618 157 7.4 6.0- 9.0 1,461 92.6 91.0-94.0
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,249 133 8.8 7.0-10.9 1,116 91.2 89.1-93.0
2nd Quartile 1,082 98 7.2 5.7- 9.3 984 92.8 90.7-94.3
3rd Quartile 1,028 99 7.5 5.7- 9.7 929 92.5 90.3-94.3
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 716 68 9.4 6.1-14.1 648 90.6 85.9-93.9

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2023 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on 2023 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

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